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On March 12, it was announced that actress Suzuki Honami (46) will appear in the Fuji TV drama “Kazoku Game,” (Wednesdays at 10 PM) which will start airing on April 17. This is her first commercial serial drama in 15 years. She will play the role of the mother in the Numata family. Arashi’s Sakurai Sho (31) will star as the unconventional tutor character that is hired by the family.
Other well-known cast members will star as members of

It was announced on the radio show "Ninety-nine no All Night Nippon (aka ANN)", that AKB48's Oshima Yuko has been elected for the popularity award (actor/actress category) of "The 36th Japan Academy Prize."
The popularity award is the only award that is elected based on the votes by the listeners of ANN and it is given to the most favored work and actor/actress by the young generation. Oshima displayed her impressive acting in the movie "Y

On February 8th, it was announced that Miyabe Miyuki's best seller novel "Kogure Shashinkan" would be getting a live-action drama adaptation on NHK BS Premium starring Kamiki Ryonosuke. Narumi Riko has been cast as the heroine.
Kamiki and Narumi have co-starred with each other before in "Ruri no Shima SPECIAL 2007" (NTV) and "Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery" (Fuji TV).
In the drama, Kamiki is playing "Hanabishi Eiichi," who is in the sec

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On August 11th, the opening day of the youth drama 'Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo' - starring Kamiki Ryunosuke and Hashimoto Ai - was commemorated with an obligatory stage greeting in Tokyo.
The stage greetings took place after the screening and the cast received a standing ovation from the audie

On April 7th, the cast of the movie 'SPEC~Ten', including the two lead actors Toda Erika and Kase Ryo, attended the opening day stage greeting for the film at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.
The very high popularity of the 'SPEC' series was evident by the large number of fans who tried to get into the overcrowded venue. After a nationwide PR campaign, the opening day of the long-awaited movie that is going to end the series, which al

On March 21st, Kase Ryo and Toda Erika, the starring actors of the upcoming movie "SPEC~Ten~", attended a press conference in Tokyo to commemorate the completion of the movie.
In the movie Toda portrays the role of 'Toma Saya', a peculiar and gyoza-loving detective who couldn't care less about her fashion. However, at the event she pleasantly surprised the media and her co-star with a chic black dress and hairdo. Kase was in awe and praise

On March 8th, TBS revealed the cast and the story for the third episode of their three-night special drama 'Blackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoshi-tachi~', which will portray the struggles of three different teachers in three different eras.
As it was announced in January, the first episode (which will air on April 5th) is set during the early post war period. Arashi member Sakurai Sho will be playing a soldier who's exchanging the real bat

The official website for the upcoming movie, "SPEC~Ten", has finally been updated with a second teaser and a full-length trailer.
'SPEC~Ten' brings back its two protagonists, Toma Saya (Toda Erika) and Sebumi Takeru (Kase Ryo), who’ve already solved various cases related to people with SPEC (special abilities) in last year’s TBS drama. In the movie they will have to case about some mysterious mummified bodies that have been found on a crui

The official website for upcoming movie, 'SPEC~Ten', has finally been updated with its first teaser.
'SPEC~Ten' brings back its two protagonists, Toma Saya (Toda Erika) and Sebumi Takeru (Kase Ryo), who've already solved various cases related to people with SPEC (special abilities) in last year's TBS drama. In the film, they will continue to find answers to questions raised at the end of the drama, however, the main case will be about the

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Here is the Friday and weekend edition of the the Drama Prime Time Report, highlighted by very disappointing ratings for "Nankyoku Tairiku".
Friday began the third round of the "FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2011 Japan" featuring the national women teams of all the great volleyball nations. After three wins a